Where does “ápa” come from?

ápa (Irish) comes from Middle English ape, from Old English apa, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

ápa (Irish): ape

Definitions

  1. ape

Ancestry of “ápa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishapeAn ape or monkey; a simian creature; A deceiver;...
2Old Englishapamonkey, ape
3Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
4Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
5Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

Words derived from “ápa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic apô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic apō →